elementary school 4th grade sumire nakamura attends a press conference in tokyo on jan 5 2018 the nihon ki in japan go association announced that nakamura is scheduled to become the youngest professional go player on april 1 at the age of 10 on the same day 9 year old nakamura is the daughter of professional go player shinya nakamura she is the first to become a professional player during the newly established special program for young talented players the yomiuri shimbun via ap images 2nw49rf.jpg from 中村晃子akiko nakamura View Photo